NASA Photo ID: STS049-91-029      File Name: 10065187.gif 
 
Film Type: 70mm CN                Date Taken: 05/16/92 
 
Title: STS-49 crew captures INTELSAT VI above OV-105's payload bay (PLB) during EVA 
 
Description: 
 
Following the successful capture of the International Telecommunications  
Organization Satellite (INTELSAT) VI, the STS-49 crewmembers continue their  
chores toward moving the 4.5 ton communications satellite into  
Endeavour's,  Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105's, payload bay (PLB).  Left to 
right, Mission  Specialist (MS) Richard J. Hieb, MS Thomas D. Akers, 
cooperate on the effort  to attach a specially designed grapple bar or 
capture bar underneath the  satellite. Thuot stands on the end of the 
remote manipulator system's (RMS's)  arm while Hieb and Akers are on 
portable foot restraints (PFRs) affixed to  OV-105's portside and the 
multipurpose experiment support structure (MPESS),  respectively.  The 
sections of Earth which form the backdrop for the scene  are blanketed with 
thousands of square miles of clouds.  Below and behind the  three 
astronauts is the vertical perigee stage which will be attached to  
INTELSAT VI during servicing operations and prior to its release.